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EMANUEL ARCH COHEN AND CYRUS C. COLYER, OF PITTSBURGH. PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE-MAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 113, 1917.

Application filed March 14, 1916. Serial No. 8%,216.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EMANUEL ARCH COHEN andCYRUS C. CoLYER, citizens of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh,in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful provide a device which will prevent the pas sageof warm or cold air through the foot board of a motor vehicle therebyprotecting the feet and legs of a driver Another object of the inventionis to provide a device which may be readily attached or detached at thedesire of the user.

A, still further object of the invention is to provide a device which isreinforced around its edges and in which a strip of metal or othersuitable stiffening material may be embedded.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forthin thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of the protector constructed in accordance withthis invention.

\ Fig. 2 illustrates the device in use.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sec tional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view on line H of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 1, and

- Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4: illustrating the device madewithout the use of the reinforcing strip.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the body of thedevice consisting of a sheet of rubber or other suitable materialforming a mat. This body is \provided with suitable openings 2 which maybe positioned at desirable points therein and are surrounded by thebeads 3. Formed on the edges of the body 1 are suitable beads 4 havingembedded therein suitable reinforcing strips 5 and formed along theouter edges of the heads 4 are suitable flanges 6.

The openings 2 are adapted for the reception of the various controllingpedals of the vehicle on which the device is used and it will be notedthat the mat or body 1 forms a cover for the pedal board or foot boardas clearly shownin Fig. 2. In order to provide a means for holding thedevice in place the beads 4 are formed at their corners with suitableopenings 7 for the re ception of the buttons 8 having shanks 9 whichextend into the flodr boards or foot boards and hold the buttons inplace.

It will be seen upon reference to Fig. 3 that the reinforcing strips 5are formed at suitable points with enlarged openings 10 which registerwith the openings 7 and are adapted to permit the passage of the" headof the buttons 8 through the body.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6 the body ofthe mat is designated by the numeral 11 and is constructed in a mannersimilar to the body 1 and is formed at its edges with the beads 12having suitable flanges formed on their edges. In this modified form itwill be noted that the reinforcing strip is eliminated and it will beunderstood that the device may be made either with or without this stripwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A mat of the class described comprising a bodyformed of rubber, said body having a plurality of pedal receivingapertures therein, beads reinforcing the walls of the apertures, beadsformed around the edges of the mat on opposite sides thereof toreinforce the same, said last named beads having apertures therein forthe reception of attaching bolts by which the device is secured in placein the motor vehicle, and reinforcing strips extending through the lastnaiped beads and formed on the edge of the ma 2. A mat of the classdescribed comprislng a rectangular rubber body, said body having aplurality of pedal receiving apertures therein, beads reinforcing thewalls of the apertures, beads extending around the pe riphery of themat, the last namedbeadshav- In testimony whereof We aifix our signa-Lng epertliires }therein for thbe receptiim of tures in presence of twowitnesses.

olts so t at t e same may e secure y attached to the upper face of thefloor board of v C a motor vehicle, and reinforcing strips extendingthrough the heads at the edges of Witnesses: the mat reinforcing thesame when the at- B; .HIMMELRICH, taching means is placed therein. W. N.OWINGS.,

